Voices From the Field

Bill Martin is executive director of Waterford Country School, a Connecticut youth shelter that will soon finish the three-year implementation of the CARE Model. He talks about how this evidence-based practice enables Waterford to better serve youth.
In our latest podcast, we talk to Dr. Carl Lejuez, a University of Maryland researcher who uses a video game to study why and when people take risks. We asked about his findings and their implications for traumatized youth. Listen to the podcast.
Dr. Carl Lejuez of the University of Maryland has spent years researching why and when people take risks. He talks with NCFY about the balloon-popping video game he uses to study risk taking, and about the implications of his findings for traumatized youth. Time: 11:33 | Size: 10.5 MB | Transcript
Dr. Sandra Bloom is one of the creators of the Sanctuary Model, an evidence-based practice that helps youth-serving programs address trauma experienced by their clients and their staff. Dr. Bloom spoke with NCFY about her program's origins and the importance of trauma-informed practice.
Dr. Sandra Bloom is one of the creators of the Sanctuary Model, an evidence-based practice that helps youth-serving programs address trauma experienced by their clients and their staff. Dr. Bloom spoke with NCFY about her program's origins and the importance of trauma-informed practice. Time: 4:33 | Size: 4.2 MB
Recently, we spoke to psychologist Melanie Barwick about her research on how to prepare youth workers to use the evidence-based practice motivational interviewing in their work. In a new podcast, we continue the conversation with Barwick and one of the trainers she enlisted in her study.
NCFY: Welcome to Voices from the Field, a podcast series from the Family and Youth Services Bureau. For the past year, Dr. Melanie Barwick has been studying four different youth serving programs as they implement an evidence-based practice called motivational interviewing, or MI.
Researcher Melanie Barwick and trainer Scott Skinner discuss their year-long collaboration with four youth programs, which centered around finding the best way to implement an evidence-based practice called motivational interviewing. Time: 4:29 | Size: 4.1 MB | Transcript
As program coordinator at the Bristol HUB Youth Center in Vermont, Ryan Krushenick leads a popular teen pregnancy prevention curriculum tailored to be welcoming to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. He talks to NCFY how to practice inclusive teen pregnancy prevention work.
NCFY: Welcome to Voices from the Field, a podcast series from the Family and Youth Services Bureau. When the Hub Teen Center in Bristol, VT, won an ACF grant to start a teen pregnancy prevention class, they wanted their curriculum to be as inclusive as possible. That meant tailoring the material so that it was relevant to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth, as well as their...
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